How to have a single upload directory for a multiple sugarcrm instance on a differenct server sharing only one common databases?

Hello everyone, we are using multiple SugarCRM instances on a multiple server, with only one common database. Now, I want to have a single 'upload' directory across my all CRM instances, so anyone can access attachments without any issues. Kindly guide me on this, if it possible or you can suggest me some alternate options for this. Any help appreciated. Thank you all.

0 Paramesh Muthuramalingam over 10 years ago

Hi Tony, We had a similar requirement, and we implemented by mounting a shared Network File System on the upload directory.
0 Jason Smith over 10 years ago

Hello Tony Montana,

Paramesh is correct in his assessment. The best bet is to create a NAS and then mount that directory as the upload directory on the various servers. You can usually edit your /etc/fstab to automatically map and mount that directory.

Kind Regards,

Jason Smith
0 Jeff Bickart over 10 years ago

You can update the value for $sugar_config['upload_dir'] in the config_override.php to point a location of your choosing.
0 Sohan Tirpude over 10 years ago in reply to Jeff Bickart

Thanks for solution, guys. I'll definitely try it.
0 Sohan Tirpude over 10 years ago in reply to Jeff Bickart
Hey jeff, suppose my crm is on '172.26.154.33' IP. So, is it possible if I insert following line in the config_override.php file to access the upload directoy which is located on a different server.
$sugar_config['upload_dir'] = '172.26.154.34/.../'
will it work?
0 Jeff Bickart over 10 years ago in reply to Jeff Bickart

I believe that with the settings you have above would not work. The directory would need to be accessible by the server. examples

$sugar_config['upload_dir'] = '/mnt/s3/upload'
or
$sugar_config['upload_dir'] = 'd:/sugarcrm/upload'